Jaisinghpur, Sullah and Palampur in Kangra district are facing significant environmental degradation due to rampant illegal mining along a 100-km stretch of the Neugal, Mol, Awa and Binwa rivers, all tributaries of the Beas.

Mining operations have led to the destruction of the green cover as forestland is misused to access riverbeds. The mining mafia has illegally axed trees and constructed roads through forest areas, exacerbating the ecological crisis.

Jaisinghpur town is also facing environmental threats because of 12 stone crushers operational on its outskirts. Since there is an acute shortage of raw material, illegal miners have entered private and government land in gross violation of rules.

Local residents say that the mining mafia has dug deep trenches along the Beas to extract r

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